- Where?
- Tower Bridge, Tower Bridge Road
- When?
- 15th December 2023 to 22nd May 2024
- Note: On average the roadway opens and closes two or three times every day, but not all of them are publicised in advance. The information on this page only includes the publicised ones
- Price?
- It's free to stand on the bank and watch the drawbridge go up and down, you'll have to pay to get inside the Tower Bridge exhibition itself · See towerbridge.org
- Usual entry cost: Adults £11.40; Children £5.70 (5-15); Infants free entry (under-5); Family ticket £19.38
- Parking:
- Nearby car parks
- Buses:
- 15, 42, 78, 100, RV1
- Bus fares
- Trains:
- The closest station is Tower Hill Circle District
- Other nearby stations: Tower Gateway
- Train fares
Photo: Craig CrossThese are the publicised lift times for the next few months (subject to change at short notice):
Fri 15 Dec: 13:45, 14:30, 16:45, 17:30; Sat 16 Dec: 10:30, 11:15, 15:30, 16:15; Sun 17 Dec: 13:45, 14:45, 19:15, 20:00; Fri 12 Jan: 18:45, 19:30, 21:45, 22:30; Sat 24 Feb: 19:30, 20:30, 23:00; Sun 25 Feb: 00:15; Sat 2 Mar: 13:00, 13:45; Thu 14 Mar: 17:30, 18:30, 22:30, 23:15; Fri 10 May: 17:00; Sat 11 May: 17:15; Tue 21 May: 01:45; Wed 22 May: 01:15
Note: Tower Bridge normally opens around 800-1,000 times every year, which averages out to about 2-3 times every day. During the summer months it’s not unusual for it to raise as many as 7-8 times a day.
Boat owners are supposed to give at least 24 hours notice if they want to pass under it but not all of them do, so the bridge only publicises a relatively small number of them in advance. So even if your date doesn't appear on the list then there's still a chance that you'll be able to see the drawbridge being raised.
The drawbridge will only be in the air for about a minute, but if you include the time it takes them to open and close the approach road as well then the whole process takes about 3-5 minutes.
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